victory speech at the Republic gathering in Florida's Palm Beach, President-elect of the United States Donald Trump allocated considerable amount of time speaking on the Tesla CEO and world's richest person Elon Musk. «We have a new star...a star is born — Elon!» called on the now two-time presidential race runner during Wednesday's speech.
«He (Elon) is a genius. We have to protect our geniuses, we don't have many of them,» Trump said while praising Musk's work in pushing forward America's space sector with his company Space X's efforts.
While Musk was not present at the event himself during Trump's speech, the multibillionaire has been steady in his support for the Republic candidate in the last months leading up to voting day.